Thursday, June 16, 2011

Last summer on our Road Trip to Montana we had the pleasure of touring the Sierra Silver mine in Wallace Idaho. It was really cool. This older miner gave us a tour and even set off a small explosion. The kids had a Blast!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Here's a layout to share. I used the Club House Gang set from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. I like it but feel like it's missing something. So if you have a suggestion spit it out! I'd enjoy some ideas here.

Friday, June 10, 2011

The Design Team challenge this week at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs we to use the phrase "When life gives you Lemons". I am doing some scrapbooking for my friends Alexis and Tony, they have twins. The end of the pregnancy was a little rough. Alexis went into labor early and the twins spent some time in the NNICU. But they are now a bit over 1 and doing very well. Cute as can be they are and now they are the subject of my scrapping. This week I created this layout to document the beginning of the twins lives.

I used two different pattern sets from LSHD. The first one was the Lemonade Stand collection and the second was Rocker On- Girls collection. Here are a couple close ups of the pieces:

I had fun with this layout. I started with this sketch from Sketch Support:

After a little tweaking it was perfect for my needs. If you need a place to start I highly suggest you go check them out.

I left my girlfriend a cute journaling spot so she can tell their story.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

So on Memorial Day we chose to attend Civil War Remembrance Days at Greenfield Village and honor those that gave their lives to uphold their beliefs. It doesn't matter which side you chose, they were all Americans. Plus we have a HUGE Civil War buff in our house so we kinda had to go. It was pretty cool and in the end he got to speak with the guys in the Re-enactment group he wants to join. He was one happy kid all day long. Here are just a few of the photos I took that day in a one page layout.

We watched several of the reenactments and spoke with many of the re-enactors. Seriously my child proclaimed at the end of a long (7 hrs) hot (90 degrees) day that we were the best parents ever. We said "see we do do what you want to do, sometimes."

The little Union soldier bear is from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs- Civil War Bear. I started with a sketch from Sketch Supportand add to it some Basic Gray paper. It had the right vintage look. Here's a close up of the bear and title: